Internet Quiz - 50 Trivia Questions!

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Take a deep dive into the world of the internet with this quiz. Explore its origins, evolution, and the transformative impact it has had on communication, commerce, and culture across the globe.

Which country has the highest percentage of internet users?

Iceland
New Zealand
The United States
Japan

What is the practice of internet service providers allowing users free connectivity to access specific content or applications without cost?

Free Wi-Fi
Streaming
Internet service providers
Zero-rating

According to a 2011 study, how much of the world's energy is used by the Internet?

Two percent
About two-thirds
Ninety percent
80%

What social networking site has been criticised for not doing enough to aid victims of online abuse?

MySpace
Twitter
Facebook

After English, what is the most requested language on the World Wide Web?

French
Spanish
Chinese
German

What website was founded on 15 February 2005 and is now the leading website for free streaming video with more than two billion users?

iTune
Facebook
Google
YouTube

What is the name of the transport layer protocol that connects hosts on a network?

SMB
TCP
SSH
TCP/IP

What is the term for the real-time delivery of digital media for immediate consumption or enjoyment by end users?

Videoconferencing
Streaming
Playing
Downloading

What website banned the practice of doxxing?

Google
Twitter
Wikipedia
Reddit

What is the most common language used on the Internet?

Chinese
English
Japanese
French

How many bits are there in an Internet Protocol (IP) address?

0
2
3
32

The Internet is seen as an extension of what theory of the public sphere?

The social contract
Habermasian
The sphere of trust
Objectivist

What is the name of the internet protocol suite?

Internet Protocol
TCP/IP
TCP/IP/IISP
TCP

What is the name of Facebook's zero-rated internet service in developing countries?

Free Wi-Fi
Facebook Friend Feed
The Internet
Free Basics

What is the name of the World Wide Web browser developed by Microsoft?

Internet Explorer
Opera
Mozilla
Microsoft Word

What is the name of the layer at the bottom of a computer networking architecture that connects nodes on the same physical link?

Network layer
Link layer
Router layer
Router

Which African country suffered a major internet blackout in 2011?

Ghana
Egypt
Tanzania
Ethiopia

What are Internet Protocol (IP) addresses?

A type of address
Websites
Computers
Numbers

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) refers to what service?

Internet videoconferencing
Videoconferencing
Internet telephony
Internet video

What is the name of the law that describes the doubling of computing power every 18 months?

Moore's law of computer
Moore's law
The law of large numbers
Alaws

Who was the first US presidential candidate to raise money via the internet?

George Bush
Howard Dean
Barack Obama
Hillary Rodham Clinton

Which Finnish phone company manufactures the packet-scanning software used by the NSA and GCHQ?

Samsung
Nokia's competitor
Nokia
Nokia-Symbian

What is the name of the device that guides packets across the Internet?

Computers
Internet Service Providers
Routers
Internet Protocol

What is the name of the peer-to-peer lending website founded in 2005?

The Giving Tree
Lending Tree
MyLoan
Kiva

Which website has the IP address 207.142.131.234?

The New York Times
Wikipedia
Google
www.fb.com

In June 2014, a coup d'etat took place in which Asian country?

Indonesia
Thailand
South Korea
India

What is the main access protocol of the World Wide Web?

WebSphere
Internet Protocol
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
TCP/IP

What is the name of the wireless internet service that allows internet access in public places?

Internet cafe
Mobile phone
Internet cafes
Wi-Fi

Which organisation was founded in 1992 to "assure the open development, evolution and use of the Internet for the benefit of all people throughout the world"

The World Wide Web
The Internet Archive
Internet Society
Internet Archive

Internet use has been correlated to what?

Depression
Education
Loneliness
Happiness

In terms of internet users, which country is second only to China in the world?

China
South Africa
The United States
India

What is the most popular social networking website in the world?

Twitter
Facebook
Google
MySpace

What is the name of the protocol that enables computers to exchange information across the internet?

TCP/IP
Internet Service Provider
Network Information Protocol
Internet Protocol

What is the full name of the TCP/IP protocol suite?

Internet protocol suite
TCP/IP
TCP/IP networking
TCP/IP network

Who are more likely than men to use the internet?

People in their 50s
Men
Women
People in the same age group

What industry has taken full advantage of the World Wide Web?

Fashion
Pornography
Music
Television

What name is given to the type of software that is used to cause damage to a computer?

spyware
Malware
Computer viruses
Antivirus

What is the term for electronic business?

Online business
Shopping online
E-mail
E-commerce

What is the most common method of internet access?

Dedicated line
Dial-up
Wireless
Satellite

"What neologism refers to a ""citizen of the net""?"

Netizen
Internet user
Web site
Netizens

What is the term for the software used to access the World Wide Web?

Internet connection
Internet search engine
Web browser
Computer

What is the term for electronic text messages sent via the Internet?

Phone call
Text messages
Email
Text message

What is the study of the Internet?

Technology
Information Technology
Science
Sociology

What is the term for the process of directing packets from one computer to another on a network?

Switching
Traffic
Routing
Enumeration

What name is given to a logical division of an internet network?

Internet service provider
Subnetwork
Router
Internet service

What is the term for a data centre, where computer servers are hosted?

Networks
Data center
Computer network
Computer lab

What is the global system of interconnected computer networks, first used in 1945 by the United States War Department in a radio operator's manual?

World Wide Web
telephone
Computer
Internet

What was the name of the computer network developed by J.C.R. Licklider in the 1960s?

MIT
Internet
ARPANET
CP/M

What did the Internet become in 1995?

Computers
World Wide Web
The Internet Archive
World Wide Space

What is the name of the American Internet Numbers Registrar?

Internet Numbers
Internet Protocol
IANA
ARIN
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